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University of Colorado President Mark Kennedy
BOULDER, Colo. (KFGO) – The University of Colorado Board of Regents has approved a $1.3-million transition agreement with President Mark Kennedy that calls for the former UND President to leave his position.
The agreement was approved on an 8-1 vote after a virtual board meeting that was held in executive session.
The move comes several weeks after University of Colorado-Boulder faculty and students voted to censure Kennedy for his actions surrounding diversity. Kennedy was hired in 2019 after three years at the UND. Kennedy was scheduled to earn $850,000 this year and next.
Last week, Kennedy released a statement saying he had started discussions with the board of regents about an “orderly transition” from the post.
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Mark Kennedy answers audience questions April 24, 2019 at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. Kennedy was the only finalist for the position of president at the University of Colorado when he was appointed in 2019.
The University of Colorado Board of Regents Wednesday approved a $1.3 million departure payment for President Mark Kennedy, who announced earlier this month that he was leaving after two years on the job. His departure date is July 1.
The “transition agreement” passed on an 8-1 vote.
The buyout covers the remainder of Kennedy’s contract, which began on June 15, 2019, and was set to run through June 30, 2022. Kennedy’s starting salary was $650,000, and it rose to $850,000 in subsequent years.
By Doug Barrett
May 19, 2021 | 1:53 PM
The University of Colorado Board of Regents today (Wednesday) approved a $1,358,982 transition agreement with President Mark Kennedy that calls for the former UND President to leave his CU position. The agreement was approved on an 8-1 vote after a virtual board meeting that was held in Executive Session.
The move comes several weeks after University of Colorado Boulder faculty and students voted to censure Kennedy for his actions surrounding diversity. Kennedy was hired by the CU Board in 2019 after three years at UND. Kennedy was scheduled to earn $850,000 dollars this year and next.
Last week Kennedy released a statement saying had started discussions with the Board of Regents about an “orderly transition” from the post.
In our public education, we can clearly see the difference between the Republican and the Democratic parties.
The Board of Regents of the University of Colorado, where Democrats have the majority, has forced President Mark Kennedy to resign over his comparison of the possible leaving of the university by students if the university did not handle the virus right to “The Trail of Tears” for which he had apologized.
The board’s action came in spite of the president’s having achieved much more diversity at CU.
The board endorsed the censuring of the president by the faculty assembly, which was not generally elected, is not a body of public government, and therefore is a private group.